Supreme Court · 1958 INSC 13 · Decided 20 February 1958
Bai Hira Devi and Others v. The Official Assignee of Bombay
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1958 INSC 13 · [1958] 1 S.C.R. 1384
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 197/1956
- Decided
- 20 February 1958
- Bench
- NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI, J.L. KAPUR, P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 92, 91
Headnote
20. 1384 SUPREME COURT REPORTS BAI HIRA DEVI AND OTHERS v. [1958] THE OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE OF BOMBAY (BHAGWATI, J. L. KAPUR and GAJENDRAGADKAR JJ.) Evidence-Deed of gift-Donor adjudged insolwnt-Offici.:JI Assignee challenging giftt-lf donees ~ntitled to lead evidence showing gift to be transfer for 22, 1950, a deed of gift in favour of the appellants, his wife and sons. Upon the application of his creditors D was adjudged an insolvent on August 21, 1951 and his esUjte vested in the respondent. On September 26, 1951, the respondent took out a notice of motion under s. 5 5 of the Presi­
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